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Monica Snyder

About Monica Snyder

Monica Snyder is the Executive Director of Secular Pro-Life. She has been working with SPL since its founding in 2009. Monica has a BS in Chemical Biology and MS in Forensic Science and takes a particular interest in biological facts and peer-reviewed research related to the abortion debate.

Entries by Monica Snyder

“There is no dismemberment in an abortion. Ever.”

December 1, 2025 in Debunking, Later Abortion, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[This article is a transcript of “There is no dismemberment in an abortion. Ever.” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] Editor’s note: Some portions of this transcript have been lightly edited for clarity and readability. This video is also available on TikTok. […]

Telling people you’re pro-life is a form of activism

November 24, 2025 in Religion, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[This article is based on a transcript of “Telling people you’re pro-life is a form of activism” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] My name is Monica Snyder and I’m an atheist. I’m the executive director of Secular Pro-Life, and our […]

Recap: Save the Storks Flyway Conference

November 19, 2025 in Speeches, Discussions, Presentations, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Hi all – Just reporting back to you about the Flyway Conference. Save the Storks had invited me to train an exclusive group of Pregnancy Resource Center (PRC) Executive Directors. I led back-to-back sessions based on our Building Bridges program, which is all about effective communication with people different from ourselves. My first Bridges session covered how to […]

Adriana Smith’s son, Chance, continues to grow

November 12, 2025 in Ableism, Debunking, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

On October 14, Adriana Smith’s mother (and Chance Smith’s grandmother) April Newkirk posted an update to the family’s GoFundMe about her baby grandson: Chance is now 8 pounds. He is growing very well. Chances lungs are underdeveloped, so he will stay in the nicu unit until his breathing gets better. Chase saw his little brother […]

2025 Secular Pro-Life Annual Report

November 11, 2025 in Administrative /by Monica Snyder

This report is also available as a printable PDF. SPL has grown dramatically. Secular Pro-Life was an all-volunteer organization from 2009 until 2021, when Monica Snyder joined as our first Executive Director. Since then our staff has grown from one to five, and under Monica’s leadership, SPL has become a nationally recognized voice in the […]

Pressure to abort for prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis

November 5, 2025 in Ableism, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[This article is a transcript of “Pressure to abort for prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis” courtesy of volunteer Ben Tomlin. If you’re interested in volunteering to transcribe more of our content, please complete our volunteer survey.] Destigmatized abortion increases the pressure for women to abort. If abortion is supposed to be a morally neutral option, then it makes […]

There’s no mass exodus of OBGYNs from pro-life states

November 3, 2025 in Debunking, Research, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

Article published in The Hill: “No, OBGYNs are not systematically fleeing states that banned abortion.” There’s been a lot of media coverage claiming that they are, but researchers in public health, medicine, and economics from Stanford, Berkeley, and elsewhere tried to look at this more analytically and found “no evidence of such an exodus.” They […]

How did you go from a latent to an activated pro-lifer?

October 29, 2025 in Dialogue strategy, Pro-Life Demographics, Uncategorized, We Asked You Answered /by Monica Snyder

What moves someone from being quietly pro-life to actively speaking out? Hundreds of people have now taken SPL’s survey of non-traditional pro-lifers, and you are invited to take it as well. One section of our survey explores stories of becoming pro-life, especially from those who weren’t always actively opposed to abortion. Usually when we think […]

New Colorado clinic does abortions up to 34 weeks

October 27, 2025 in Later Abortion, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

“New Colorado clinic offers third-trimester abortions for ‘any reason you have‘” The clinic is called the RISE Collective, RISE stands for “Reproductive Health, Inclusive Care, Support and Empowerment.” (Video also available on Substack, Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram.) Colorado was already infamous for being one of the few states, a least for a while, that had a late-term abortion […]

New Yorker prioritizes abortion over reproductive justice (Yeni Alvarez)

October 24, 2025 in Debunking, Uncategorized /by Monica Snyder

[See more debunking content here.] Transcript: Okay, The New Yorker published “Did an Abortion Ban Cost a Young Texas Woman Her Life?” They published this in January of 2024. I didn’t have time to make content on it when it came out, but it has bothered me so many times since then, I just decided […]

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